Configuring different uplink power control for long and short uplink bursts

ABSTRACT

Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for a user equipment (UE) to set uplink power control for a long uplink burst and a short uplink burst. The UE receives uplink power control information including a first set of power control parameters for a long uplink burst and a second set of power control parameters for a short uplink burst with the sets of power control parameters being different from each other. The UE configures uplink power control for the long uplink burst based at least on the first set of power control parameters and the short uplink burst based at least on the second set of power control parameters. The UE sends at least one of a long uplink burst and a short uplink burst based on the corresponding uplink power control and sends at least one uplink power-headroom report for the long uplink burst and short uplink burst.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S)

This application is a Continuation Application of U.S. patentapplication Ser. No. 16/576,260, entitled “CONFIGURING DIFFERENT UPLINKPOWER CONTROL FOR LONG AND SHORT UPLINK BURSTS,” filed on Sep. 19, 2019which is a Continuation Application of U.S. patent application Ser. No.15/879,322, entitled “CONFIGURING DIFFERENT UPLINK POWER CONTROL FORLONG AND SHORT UPLINK BURSTS,” filed on Jan. 24, 2018 and issued as U.S.patent application No. 10,440,657, which claims the benefit of U.S.Provisional Application Ser. No. 62/450,761, entitled “CONFIGURINGDIFFERENT UPLINK POWER CONTROL FOR REGULAR AND COMMON UPLINK BURSTS” andfiled on Jan. 26, 2017, which are expressly incorporated by referenceherein in their entireties.

BACKGROUND

Aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to wirelesscommunication networks, and more particularly, to uplink power controlat a user equipment (UE).

Wireless communication networks are widely deployed to provide varioustypes of communication content such as voice, video, packet data,messaging, broadcast, and so on. These systems may be multiple-accesssystems capable of supporting communication with multiple users bysharing the available system resources (e.g., time, frequency, andpower). Examples of such multiple-access systems include code-divisionmultiple access (CDMA) systems, time-division multiple access (TDMA)systems, frequency-division multiple access (FDMA) systems, orthogonalfrequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) systems, and single-carrierfrequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) systems.

These multiple access technologies have been adopted in varioustelecommunication standards to provide a common protocol that enablesdifferent wireless devices to communicate on a municipal, national,regional, and even global level. For example, a fifth generation (5G)wireless communications technology (which can be referred to as newradio (NR)) is envisaged to expand and support diverse usage scenariosand applications with respect to current mobile network generations. Inan aspect, 5G communications technology can include: enhanced mobilebroadband addressing human-centric use cases for access to multimediacontent, services and data; ultra-reliable-low latency communications(URLLC) with certain specifications for latency and reliability; andmassive machine type communications, which can allow a very large numberof connected devices and transmission of a relatively low volume ofnon-delay-sensitive information. As the demand for mobile broadbandaccess continues to increase, however, further improvements in NRcommunications technology and beyond may be desired.

For example, for NR communications technology and beyond, current uplinkpower control procedures may not provide a desired level of granularityfor configuring uplink power control and/or interference management forefficient operations. Thus, improvements in wireless communicationnetwork operations may be desired.

SUMMARY

The following presents a simplified summary of one or more aspects inorder to provide a basic understanding of such aspects. This summary isnot an extensive overview of all contemplated aspects, and is intendedto neither identify key or critical elements of all aspects nordelineate the scope of any or all aspects. Its sole purpose is topresent some concepts of one or more aspects in a simplified form as aprelude to the more detailed description that is presented later.

In an aspect, a method for sending uplink power control information froma base station (BS) to a user equipment (UE) is described. The methodmay include sending, by the BS to the UE, uplink power controlinformation. The uplink power control information may include a firstset of one or more power control parameters for a long uplink burst anda second set of one or more power control parameters for a short uplinkburst. The first set of one or more power control parameters may bedifferent from the second set of one or more power control parametersand the long uplink burst may have a longer duration than the shortuplink burst. The method may further include receiving, by the BS fromthe UE, at least one of a long uplink burst or a short uplink burstbased on the uplink power control information.

In another aspect, a base station (BS) for wireless communications isdescribed. The BS may include a memory and a processor coupled with thememory. The memory and the processor may be configured to send, by theBS to the UE, uplink power control information. The uplink power controlinformation may include a first set of one or more power controlparameters for a long uplink burst and a second set of one or more powercontrol parameters for a short uplink burst. The first set of one ormore power control parameters may be different from the second set ofone or more power control parameters and the long uplink burst may havea longer duration than the short uplink burst. The memory and theprocessor may further be configured to receive, by the BS from the UE,at least one of a long uplink burst or a short uplink burst based on theuplink power control information.

In yet another aspect, a base station (BS) for wireless communicationsis described. The apparatus may include means for sending, by the BS toa UE, uplink power control information. The uplink power controlinformation may include a first set of one or more power controlparameters for a long uplink burst and a second set of one or more powercontrol parameters for a short uplink burst. The first set of one ormore power control parameters may be different from the second set ofone or more power control parameters and the long uplink burst may havea longer duration than the short uplink burst. The apparatus may furtherinclude means for receiving, by the BS from the UE, at least one of along uplink burst or a short uplink burst based on the uplink powercontrol information.

In still another aspect, a non-transitory computer readable medium forwireless communications implemented by a base station (BS) is described.The code may include cope for sending, by the BS to the UE, uplink powercontrol information. The uplink power control information may include afirst set of one or more power control parameters for a long uplinkburst and a second set of one or more power control parameters for ashort uplink burst. The first set of one or more power controlparameters may be different from the second set of one or more powercontrol parameters and the long uplink burst may have a longer durationthan the short uplink burst. The code may further include code forreceiving, by the BS from the UE, at least one of a long uplink burst ora short uplink burst based on the uplink power control information.

In an aspect, a method for sending a long uplink burst and a shortuplink burst from a user equipment (UE) to a base station is described.The described aspects include receiving at the UE, uplink power controlinformation from a base station. The uplink power control informationincludes a first set of power control parameters for a long uplink burstand a second set of power control parameters for a short uplink burst,with the first set of power control parameters being different from thesecond set of power control parameters. The described aspects furtherinclude configuring, by the UE, uplink power control for the long uplinkburst based at least on the first set of power control parameters andthe short uplink burst based at least on the second set of power controlparameters. The described aspects further include sending, by the UE, atleast one of a long uplink burst and a short uplink burst based on theuplink power control and sending, by the UE, at least one uplinkpower-headroom report for the long uplink burst and short uplink burst.

In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) for sending a long uplink burst anda short uplink burst is described. The UE may include a memoryconfigured to store instructions and a processor communicatively coupledwith the memory, the processor configured to execute the instructions toreceive, at the UE, uplink power control information from a base stationis described. The uplink power control information includes a first setof power control parameters for a long uplink burst and a second set ofpower control parameters for a short uplink burst, with the first set ofpower control parameters being different from the second set of powercontrol parameters. The described aspects further include configuring,by the UE, uplink power control for the long uplink burst based at leaston the first set of power control parameters and the short uplink burstbased at least on the second set of power control parameters. Thedescribed aspects further include sending, by the UE, at least one of along uplink burst and a short uplink burst based on the correspondinguplink power control and sending, by the UE, at least one uplinkpower-headroom report for the long uplink burst and short uplink burst.

In an aspect, a computer-readable medium may store computer executablecode for sending a long uplink burst and a short uplink burst from auser equipment (UE) to a base station is described. The describedaspects include code for receiving, at the UE, uplink power controlinformation from a base station. The uplink power control informationincludes a first set of power control parameters for a long uplink burstand a second set of power control parameters for a short uplink burst,with the first set of power control parameters being different from thesecond set of power control parameters. The described aspects includecode for configuring, by the UE, uplink power control for the longuplink burst based at least on the first set of power control parametersand the short uplink burst based at least on the second set of powercontrol parameters. The described aspects include code for sending, bythe UE, at least one of a long uplink burst and a short uplink burstbased on the corresponding uplink power control and sending, by the UE,at least one uplink power-headroom report for the long uplink burst andshort uplink burst.

In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) for sending a long uplink burst anda short uplink burst to a base station is described. The describedaspects include means for receiving, at the UE, uplink power controlinformation from a base station. The uplink power control informationincludes a first set of power control parameters for a long uplink burstand a second set of power control parameters for a short uplink burst,with the first set of power control parameters being different from thesecond set of power control parameters. The described aspects includemeans for configuring, by the UE, uplink power control for the longuplink burst based at least on the first set of power control parametersand the short uplink burst based at least on the second set of powercontrol parameters. The described aspects include means for sending, bythe UE, at least one of a long uplink burst and a short uplink burstbased on the corresponding uplink power control and means for sending,by the UE, at least one uplink power-headroom report for the long uplinkburst and short uplink burst.

In an aspect, a method for sending uplink power control information froma base station to a user equipment is described. The described aspectsinclude determining for a user equipment (UE), by the base station,uplink power control information including a first set of power controlparameters for a long uplink burst and a second set of power controlparameters for a short uplink burst, with the first set of power controlparameters being different from the second set of power controlparameters. The described aspects further include sending, by the basestation, the uplink power control for the long uplink burst and theshort uplink burst to the UE. The described aspects further includereceiving, by the base station, at least one of a long uplink burst anda short uplink burst based on the uplink power control and receiving, bythe base station, at least one uplink power-headroom report for the longuplink burst and short uplink burst. The described aspects furtherinclude determining, by the base station, one or more power commands forthe long uplink burst, short uplink burst or both, in response toreceiving the at least power headroom report. The described aspectsfurther include sending, by the base station, the one or more powercommands to the UE.

In an aspect, a base station for sending uplink power controlinformation from the base station to a user equipment (UE) is described.The base station may include a memory configured to store instructionsand a processor communicatively coupled with the memory, the processorconfigured to execute the instructions to determine for a UE, by thebase station, uplink power control information including a first set ofpower control parameters for a long uplink burst and a second set ofpower control parameters for a short uplink burst, with the first set ofpower control parameters being different from the second set of powercontrol parameters. The described aspects further include sending, bythe base station, the uplink power control for the long uplink burst andthe short uplink burst to the UE. The described aspects further includereceiving, by the base station, at least one of a long uplink burst anda short uplink burst based on the uplink power control and receiving, bythe base station, at least one uplink power-headroom report for the longuplink burst and short uplink burst. The described aspects furtherinclude determining, by the base station, one or more power commands forthe long uplink burst, short uplink burst or both, in response toreceiving the at least power headroom report. The described aspectsfurther include sending, by the base station, the one or more powercommands to the UE.

In an aspect, a computer-readable medium may store computer executablecode for a base station to send uplink power control information fromthe base station to a user equipment (UE) is described. The describedaspects include code for determining for a UE, by the base station,uplink power control information including a first set of power controlparameters for a long uplink burst and a second set of power controlparameters for a short uplink burst, with the first set of power controlparameters being different from the second set of power controlparameters. The described aspects further include code for sending, bythe base station, the uplink power control for the long uplink burst andthe short uplink burst to the UE. The described aspects further includereceiving, by the base station, at least one of a long uplink burst anda short uplink burst based on the uplink power control and receiving, bythe base station, at least one uplink power-headroom report for the longuplink burst and short uplink burst. The described aspects furtherinclude code for determining, by the base station, one or more powercommands for the long uplink burst, short uplink burst or both, inresponse to receiving the at least power headroom report. The describedaspects further include code for sending, by the base station, the oneor more power commands to the UE.

In aspect, a base station for sending uplink power control informationfrom the base station to a user equipment (UE) is described. The basestation may include means for determining for a UE, by the base station,uplink power control information including a first set of power controlparameters for a long uplink burst and a second set of power controlparameters for a short uplink burst, with the first set of power controlparameters being different from the second set of power controlparameters. The described aspects further include means for sending, bythe base station, the uplink power control for the long uplink burst andthe short uplink burst to the UE. The described aspects further includemeans for receiving, by the base station, at least one of a long uplinkburst and a short uplink burst based on the uplink power control andreceiving, by the base station, at least one uplink power-headroomreport for the long uplink burst and short uplink burst. The describedaspects further include means for determining, by the base station, oneor more power commands for the long uplink burst, short uplink burst orboth, in response to receiving the at least power headroom report. Thedescribed aspects further include means for sending, by the basestation, the one or more power commands to the UE.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The features, nature, and advantages of the present disclosure willbecome more apparent from the detailed description set forth below whentaken in conjunction with the drawings in which like referencecharacters identify correspondingly throughout, where dashed lines mayindicate optional components or actions, and wherein:

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication networkincluding at least one user equipment (UE) having a uplink power controlcomponent and at least one base station having a corresponding uplinkpower control component, both uplink power control components areconfigured according to this disclosure to manage uplink power controlat the UE.

FIG. 2 illustrates an example slot (or frame) structure including adownlink centric slot and/or an uplink centric slot.

FIG. 3 is a flow diagram of an example method of configuring uplinkpower control at a UE, according to an aspect of the present disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a flow diagram of an example method of configuring uplinkpower control at a base station, according to an aspect of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of example components of the UE of FIG. 1.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of example components of the base stationof FIG. 1.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The detailed description set forth below in connection with the appendeddrawings is intended as a description of various configurations and isnot intended to represent the only configurations in which the conceptsdescribed herein may be practiced. The detailed description includesspecific details for the purpose of providing a thorough understandingof various concepts. However, it will be apparent to those skilled inthe art that these concepts may be practiced without these specificdetails. In some instances, well known components are shown in blockdiagram form in order to avoid obscuring such concepts. In an aspect,the term “component” as used herein may be one of the parts that make upa system, may be hardware or software, and may be divided into othercomponents.

The present disclosure generally relates to configuring uplink powercontrol at a user equipment (UE). For example, the configuration ofuplink power control may include configuring different (e.g., separate)uplink power control set points for long and short uplink bursts. A longor regular uplink burst is generally for longer durations and/or usedfor transmitting data, e.g., control and/or user data from the UE to thebase station. A short or common uplink burst is generally for shorterdurations and/or used for transmitting smaller amounts of time sensitivedata, e.g., ACK/NACKs, etc., from the UE to the base station. Althoughthe term uplink power control is used, the power control mechanismdescribed herein applies to a long uplink burst in an uplink centricslot and/or a short uplink burst in uplink and downlink centric slots.In an implementation, the UE configures separate power control setpoints for long and short uplink bursts based on uplink power controlinformation received from a base station. The uplink power controlinformation may include, for instance, parameters which indicatecorresponding power spectral densities, e.g., power level per unit offrequency, used by a UE to configure the different power control setpoints. Additionally, the UE may send separate power headroom reportswhich indicate available transmission power at the UE corresponding tolong and short uplink bursts. The base station may use the availabletransmission power at the UE indicated in the power headroom reports toconfigure uplink power control information.

Additional features of the present aspects are described in more detailbelow with respect to FIGS. 1-6.

It should be noted that the techniques described herein may be used forvarious wireless communication networks such as CDMA, TDMA, FDMA, OFDMA,SC-FDMA, and other systems. The terms “system” and “network” are oftenused interchangeably. A CDMA system may implement a radio technologysuch as CDMA2000, Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA), etc.CDMA2000 covers IS-2000, IS-95, and IS-856 standards. IS-2000 Releases 0and A are commonly referred to as CDMA2000 1×, 1×, etc. IS-856 (TIA-856)is commonly referred to as CDMA2000 1×EV-DO, High Rate Packet Data(HRPD), etc. UTRA includes Wideband CDMA (WCDMA) and other variants ofCDMA. A TDMA system may implement a radio technology such as GlobalSystem for Mobile Communications (GSM). An OFDMA system may implement aradio technology such as Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), Evolved UTRA(E-UTRA), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802.20,Flash-OFDM™, etc. UTRA and E-UTRA are part of Universal MobileTelecommunication System (UMTS). 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) andLTE-Advanced (LTE-A) are new releases of UMTS that use E-UTRA. UTRA,E-UTRA, UMTS, LTE, LTE-A, and GSM are described in documents from anorganization named “3rd Generation Partnership Project” (3GPP). CDMA2000and UMB are described in documents from an organization named “3rdGeneration Partnership Project 2” (3GPP2). The techniques describedherein may be used for the systems and radio technologies mentionedabove as well as other systems and radio technologies, includingcellular (e.g., LTE) communications over a shared radio frequencyspectrum band. The description below, however, may describe an LTE/LTE-Asystem for purposes of example, and LTE terminology is used in much ofthe description below, although the techniques are applicable beyondLTE/LTE-A applications, such as to 5G NR networks or other nextgeneration communication systems.

The following description provides examples, and is not limiting of thescope, applicability, or examples set forth in the claims. Changes maybe made in the function and arrangement of elements discussed withoutdeparting from the scope of the disclosure. Various examples may omit,substitute, or add various procedures or components as appropriate. Forinstance, the methods described may be performed in an order differentfrom that described, and various steps may be added, omitted, orcombined. Also, features described with respect to some examples may becombined in other examples.

Referring to FIG. 1, in accordance with various aspects of the presentdisclosure, an example wireless communication network 100 includes atleast one UE 110 with a modem 140 having a uplink power controlcomponent 150 that manages execution of an uplink power controlinformation receiving component 152, an uplink power control informationconfiguring component 156, and/or an uplink power headroom component 156for separately configuring and/or managing or controlling uplink powerof long and short uplink bursts transmitted by UE 110. The examplewireless communication network 100 may further include a base station105 with a modem 160 and/or a corresponding uplink power controlcomponent 170 for transmitting uplink power control information 154 toone or more UEs 110 for separately controlling uplink power of long andshort uplink bursts transmitted by the one or more UEs 110.

In one implementation, UE 110 and/or uplink power control component 150may be configured to receive uplink power control information 154 frombase station 105. Uplink power control information 154 may include afirst set of power control parameters for a long uplink burst and asecond set of power control parameters for a short uplink burst. Eachset of power control parameters may comprise a received target powerparameter and a path loss compensation factor parameter. The receivedtarget power parameter is the target power that UE 110 expects to bereceived at base station 105. The path loss compensation factorparameter can indicate how much the uplink power needs to be increasedto compensate for path loss. The first set of power control parametersmay be used to determine a first power control set point for a longuplink burst. The second set of power control parameters may be used todetermine a second power control set point for a short uplink burst. Thefirst power control set point may be different from the second powercontrol set point. In other words, due to different interferenceconditions experienced during the long and short uplink bursts, uplinkpower control information 154 may have different power control setpoints for long and short uplink bursts. For example, the receivedtarget power parameter of the first set of power control parameters andthe received target power parameter of the second set of power controlparameters may be the same or may differ. In another example, the firstset of power control parameters may be independent of the second set ofpower control parameters. UE 110 and/or uplink power control component150, upon receiving uplink power control information, may configure along uplink burst with the first power control set point and the shortuplink burst with the second power control set point.

In an aspect, the first set of power control parameters and the secondset of power control parameters can include values and offsets. Forexample, one of the first set of power control parameters and the secondset of power control parameters can include values and the other of thefirst set of power control parameters and the second set of powercontrol parameters can include offsets from the corresponding values.For example, the first set of power control parameters can include afirst received target power value and a path loss compensation factorand the second set of power control parameters can include an offsetfrom the first received target power value and an offset from the firstpath loss compensation factor.

In an aspect, a power control set point may be defined as a targetedreceived power at a base station from a UE. For example, base station105 may indicate to UE 110 a certain power level to be received at areceiver of base station 105 for each unit of frequency (also referredto as power spectral density). The power spectral density, for example,may be a parameter that base station 105 sends to UE 110, in uplinkpower control information 154. In one implementation, base station 105may include two sets of values for power spectral density parameter, afirst set for long uplink burst and a second set for short uplink burst.UE 110 uses the value of the power spectral density parameter todetermine a transmit power of the UE 110 taking into consideration amaximum power limit allowed at UE 110. Further, the power spectraldensity parameter is changed in a semi-static manner. That is, the powerspectral density parameter is changed is generally kept the same for arelatively long time and/or not frequently changed. Additionally, inmulti-carrier configurations at UE 110, each carrier may have its ownpower control set points for long and short uplink bursts. This providesfor better uplink power control/management at UE 110.

The power control set points apply to long uplink burst of a uplinkcentric slot and/or short uplink burst of downlink and uplink centricslots and/or may be controlled using open loop or closed loop powercontrol mechanisms. For example, the open loop power control mechanism,which may be a semi-static approach, may maintain the power spectraldensity at a certain level (e.g., a target level). The closed loop powercontrol mechanism, which may be a dynamic approach, adjusts the powerspectral density over the target. In an aspect, a power command may beused to adjust (e.g., increase or decrease) the uplink transmissionpower (e.g., the set point) for the long uplink burst and/or shortuplink burst. For example, the power command may be one (1) bit in whicha value of one (1) would indicate to increase the uplink transmissionpower (e.g., the set point) by 1 dB and a value of zero (0) wouldindicate to decrease the uplink transmission power (e.g., set point) by1 dB. The power command may be for the long uplink burst, the shortuplink burst, or both.

In an additional implementation, UE 110 and/or uplink power controlcomponent 150 may compute uplink power headroom for long and shortuplink bursts, and report the power headroom to base station 105. Apower headroom at a UE indicates how much transmission power is left forthe UE to use in addition to the power being used by a currenttransmission. UE 110 may report power headroom for long and short uplinkbursts separately and/or at different times so that base station 105 mayuse the separate power headroom information received from UE 110 forconfiguring power control set points, separately, in power controlinformation 154. For example, UE 110 may report power headroom for longand short uplink bursts in a single power headroom report or in twoseparate power headroom reports with one power headroom report for thelong uplink burst and another power headroom report for the short uplinkburst. Base station 105 may use the one or more power headroom reportsreceived for long and short uplink bursts for configuring/revisinguplink power control information 154 sent to UE 110, e.g., via one ormore power commands. In one implementation, power headroom reports forshort uplink bursts sent from UE 110 may be referred to as companionreports. In a further additional implementation, base station 105 maytransmit uplink power control information 154 in a media access control(MAC) message to UE 110.

The one or more power headroom reports may be sent on a periodic basisand/or may be sent in response to a trigger. For example, the one ormore power headroom reports may be sent based on a periodic timer. Inaddition, or alternatively, the one or more power headroom reports maybe sent in response to a trigger. For example, UE 110 may calculate thepath loss based on reference signal (RS) power notified by base station105 and the measured RS power at an antenna port of UE 110, and if thisvalue changes over a certain threshold, UE 110 may be triggered to sendthe one or more power headroom reports.

Thus, according to the present disclosure, uplink power controlcomponent 150 may configure uplink power control information 154 at UE110 for improved interference management.

The wireless communication network 100 may include one or more basestations 105, one or more UEs 110, and a core network 115. The corenetwork 115 may provide user authentication, access authorization,tracking, internet protocol (IP) connectivity, and other access,routing, or mobility functions. The base stations 105 may interface withthe core network 115 through backhaul links 120 (e.g., S1, etc.). Thebase stations 105 may perform radio configuration and scheduling forcommunication with the UEs 110, or may operate under the control of abase station controller (not shown). In various examples, the basestations 105 may communicate, either directly or indirectly (e.g.,through core network 115), with one another over backhaul links 125(e.g., X1, etc.), which may be wired or wireless communication links.

The base stations 105 may wirelessly communicate with the UEs 110 viaone or more base station antennas. Each of the base stations 105 mayprovide communication coverage for a respective geographic coverage area130. In some examples, base stations 105 may be referred to as a basetransceiver station, a radio base station, an access point, an accessnode, a radio transceiver, a NodeB, eNodeB (eNB), gNB, Home NodeB, aHome eNodeB, a relay, or some other suitable terminology. The geographiccoverage area 130 for a base station 105 may be divided into sectors orcells making up only a portion of the coverage area (not shown). Thewireless communication network 100 may include base stations 105 ofdifferent types (e.g., macro base stations or small cell base stations,described below). Additionally, the plurality of base stations 105 mayoperate according to different ones of a plurality of communicationtechnologies (e.g., 5G (New Radio or “NR”), fourth generation (4G)/LTE,3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc.), and thus there may be overlappinggeographic coverage areas 130 for different communication technologies.

In some examples, the wireless communication network 100 may be orinclude one or any combination of communication technologies, includinga NR or 5G technology, a Long Term Evolution (LTE) or LTE-Advanced(LTE-A) or MuLTEfire technology, a Wi-Fi technology, a Bluetoothtechnology, or any other long or short range wireless communicationtechnology. In LTE/LTE-A/MuLTEfire networks, the term evolved node B(eNB) may be generally used to describe the base stations 105, while theterm UE may be generally used to describe the UEs 110. The wirelesscommunication network 100 may be a heterogeneous technology network inwhich different types of eNBs provide coverage for various geographicalregions. For example, each eNB or base station 105 may providecommunication coverage for a macro cell, a small cell, or other types ofcell. The term “cell” is a 3GPP term that can be used to describe a basestation, a carrier or component carrier associated with a base station,or a coverage area (e.g., sector, etc.) of a carrier or base station,depending on context.

A macro cell may generally cover a relatively large geographic area(e.g., several kilometers in radius) and may allow unrestricted accessby UEs 110 with service subscriptions with the network provider.

A small cell may include a relative lower transmit-powered base station,as compared with a macro cell, that may operate in the same or differentfrequency bands (e.g., licensed, unlicensed, etc.) as macro cells. Smallcells may include pico cells, femto cells, and micro cells according tovarious examples. A pico cell, for example, may cover a small geographicarea and may allow unrestricted access by UEs 110 with servicesubscriptions with the network provider. A femto cell may also cover asmall geographic area (e.g., a home) and may provide restricted accessand/or unrestricted access by UEs 110 having an association with thefemto cell (e.g., in the restricted access case, UEs 110 in a closedsubscriber group (CSG) of the base station 105, which may include UEs110 for users in the home, and the like). An eNB for a macro cell may bereferred to as a macro eNB. An eNB for a small cell may be referred toas a small cell eNB, a pico eNB, a femto eNB, or a home eNB. An eNB maysupport one or multiple (e.g., two, three, four, and the like) cells(e.g., component carriers).

The communication networks that may accommodate some of the variousdisclosed examples may be packet-based networks that operate accordingto a layered protocol stack and data in the user plane may be based onthe IP. A user plane protocol stack (e.g., packet data convergenceprotocol (PDCP), radio link control (RLC), MAC, etc.), may performpacket segmentation and reassembly to communicate over logical channels.For example, a MAC layer may perform priority handling and multiplexingof logical channels into transport channels. The MAC layer may also usehybrid automatic repeat/request (HARQ) to provide retransmission at theMAC layer to improve link efficiency. In the control plane, the RRCprotocol layer may provide establishment, configuration, and maintenanceof an RRC connection between a UE 110 and the base stations 105. The RRCprotocol layer may also be used for core network 115 support of radiobearers for the user plane data. At the physical (PHY) layer, thetransport channels may be mapped to physical channels.

The UEs 110 may be dispersed throughout the wireless communicationnetwork 100, and each UE 110 may be stationary and/or mobile. A UE 110may also include or be referred to by those skilled in the art as amobile station, a subscriber station, a mobile unit, a subscriber unit,a wireless unit, a remote unit, a mobile device, a wireless device, awireless communications device, a remote device, a mobile subscriberstation, an access terminal, a mobile terminal, a wireless terminal, aremote terminal, a handset, a user agent, a mobile client, a client, orsome other suitable terminology. A UE 110 may be a cellular phone, asmart phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a wireless modem, awireless communication device, a handheld device, a tablet computer, alaptop computer, a cordless phone, a smart watch, a wireless local loop(WLL) station, an entertainment device, a vehicular component, acustomer premises equipment (CPE), or any device capable ofcommunicating in wireless communication network 100.

Additionally, a UE 110 may be Internet of Things (IoT) and/ormachine-to-machine (M2M) type of device, e.g., a low power, low datarate (relative to a wireless phone, for example) type of device, thatmay in some aspects communicate infrequently with wireless communicationnetwork 100 or other UEs 110. A UE 110 may be able to communicate withvarious types of base stations 105 and network equipment including macroeNBs, small cell eNBs, macro gNBs, small cell gNBs, relay base stations,and the like.

UE 110 may be configured to establish one or more wireless communicationlinks 135 with one or more base stations 105. The wireless communicationlinks 135 shown in wireless communication network 100 may carry uplink(UL) transmissions from a UE 110 to a base station 105, or downlink (DL)transmissions, from a base station 105 to a UE 110. The downlinktransmissions may also be called forward link transmissions while theuplink transmissions may also be called reverse link transmissions. Eachwireless communication link 135 may include one or more carriers, whereeach carrier may be a signal made up of multiple sub-carriers (e.g.,waveform signals of different frequencies) modulated according to thevarious radio technologies described above. Each modulated signal may besent on a different sub-carrier and may carry control information (e.g.,reference signals, control channels, etc.), overhead information, userdata, etc. In an aspect, the wireless communication links 135 maytransmit bi-directional communications using frequency division duplex(FDD) (e.g., using paired spectrum resources) or time division duplex(TDD) operation (e.g., using unpaired spectrum resources). Framestructures may be defined for FDD (e.g., frame structure type 1) and TDD(e.g., frame structure type 2). Moreover, in some aspects, the wirelesscommunication links 135 may represent one or more broadcast channels.

In some aspects of the wireless communication network 100, base stations105 or UEs 110 may include multiple antennas for employing antennadiversity schemes to improve communication quality and reliabilitybetween base stations 105 and UEs 110. Additionally, or alternatively,base stations 105 or UEs 110 may employ multiple input multiple output(MIMO) techniques that may take advantage of multi-path environments totransmit multiple spatial layers carrying the same or different codeddata.

Wireless communication network 100 may support operation on multiplecells or carriers, a feature which may be referred to as carrieraggregation (CA) or multi-carrier operation. A carrier may also bereferred to as a component carrier (CC), a layer, a channel, etc. Theterms “carrier,” “component carrier,” “cell,” and “channel” may be usedinterchangeably herein. A UE 110 may be configured with multipledownlink CCs and one or more uplink CCs for carrier aggregation. Carrieraggregation may be used with both FDD and TDD component carriers. Thebase stations 105 and UEs 110 may use spectrum up to Y MHz (e.g., Y=5,10, 15, or 20 MHz) bandwidth per carrier allocated in a carrieraggregation of up to a total of Yx MHz (x=number of component carriers)used for transmission in each direction. The carriers may or may not beadjacent to each other. Allocation of carriers may be asymmetric withrespect to DL and UL (e.g., more or less carriers may be allocated forDL than for UL). The component carriers may include a primary componentcarrier and one or more secondary component carriers. A primarycomponent carrier may be referred to as a primary cell (PCell) and asecondary component carrier may be referred to as a secondary cell(SCell).

The wireless communications network 100 may further include basestations 105 operating according to Wi-Fi technology, e.g., Wi-Fi accesspoints, in communication with UEs 110 operating according to Wi-Fitechnology, e.g., Wi-Fi stations (STAs) via communication links in anunlicensed frequency spectrum (e.g., 5 GHz). When communicating in anunlicensed frequency spectrum, the STAs and AP may perform a clearchannel assessment (CCA) or a listen before talk (LBT) procedure priorto communicating in order to determine whether the channel is available.

Additionally, one or more of base stations 105 and/or UEs 110 mayoperate according to a NR or 5G technology referred to as millimeterwave (mmW or mmwave) technology. For example, mmW technology includestransmissions in mmW frequencies and/or near mmW frequencies. Extremelyhigh frequency (EHF) is part of the radio frequency (RF) in theelectromagnetic spectrum. EHF has a range of 30 GHz to 300 GHz and awavelength between 1 millimeter and 10 millimeters. Radio waves in thisband may be referred to as a millimeter wave. Near mmW may extend downto a frequency of 3 GHz with a wavelength of 100 millimeters. Forexample, the super high frequency (SHF) band extends between 3 GHz and30 GHz, and may also be referred to as centimeter wave. Communicationsusing the mmW and/or near mmW radio frequency band has extremely highpath loss and a short range. As such, base stations 105 and/or UEs 110operating according to the mmW technology may utilize beamforming intheir transmissions to compensate for the extremely high path loss andshort range.

Referring to FIG. 2, an example slot (or frame) structure 200 includes adownlink centric slot 220 and/or an uplink centric slot 230. In anon-limiting example, each of cycles 250 and 260 includes three downlinkcentric slots and one uplink centric slot. Although each cycle in FIG. 2is shown with four slots, a cycle may be configured with any number ofslots and/or any type of slots, e.g., any combination of downlink and/oruplink slots.

As illustrated in FIG. 2, a downlink centric slot 220 may include aphysical downlink control channel (PDCCH) 222, a physical downlinkshared channel (PDSCH) 224, and/or a short uplink burst 226. An uplinkcentric slot 230 may include a PDCCH 232, a long uplink burst 234,and/or a short uplink burst 236. The short uplink bursts, 226 and 236are, in general, of fixed length. In some implementations, a guardinterval 228 may separate PDSCH 224 and short uplink burst 226 and/or aguard interval 238 may separate PDCCH 232 and a long uplink burst 234 tominimize or avoid interference, e.g., eNB to eNB interference.

Long uplink bursts 234 (also referred to as regular uplink bursts orlong format uplink bursts) are generally configured in a cell-specificmanner. That is, a cell may be configured for uplink transmissions,e.g., a long uplink burst and another cell, e.g., a neighbor cell, maybe configured for downlink transmissions, e.g., PDSCH 224, at the sametime. In contrast, short uplink bursts 236 and 226 (also referred to ascommon uplink bursts short formatted uplink bursts) are generallyconfigured in a manner such that all cells (e.g., in the vicinity)follow the same uplink direction. In other words, a cell and neighborsof the cell may be configured for short uplink bursts at the same time.The transmissions, with different burst durations, timings, and/ordirections may lead to different interference conditions for long andshort uplink bursts.

For example, interference observed at a uplink receiver of base station105 may different for a long uplink burst and a short uplink burst as along uplink burst generally encounters higher and/or more variableinterference than a short uplink burst, for example, based on thetransmission directions as described above. Further, a neighbor cellwith a downlink transmission is going to cause higher interference thana neighbor cell with an uplink reception (for example, downlinktransmissions from a base station are at a higher power level comparedto uplink transmissions from a UE). Furthermore, there are otherdifferences between long uplink and short uplink bursts that may lead todifferent interference levels. Some examples of such differences mayinclude, but are not limited to, channels configured for transmission,types of transmitted data, reliability requirements, payload amounts,signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratios (SINR), waveform types(OFDM/SC-FDM), numerologies (e.g., sub-carrier spacing and symbolduration, multiplexing mechanisms for services for long and short uplinkbursts (regular services, low latency services, machine-typecommunications (MTC), etc.

Referring to FIG. 3, for example, a method 300 of wireless communicationin operating UE 110 according to the above-described aspects toseparately configure uplink power control for long uplink bursts andshort uplink bursts at UE 110 is disclosed.

For example, at 310, method 300 includes receiving, at the UE, uplinkpower control information from a base station, wherein the uplink powercontrol information includes a first set of power control parameters fora long uplink burst and a second set of power control parameters for ashort uplink burst, wherein the first set of power control parametersare different from the second set of power control parameters. Forinstance, in an aspect, UE 110 may execute uplink power controlcomponent 150 and/or uplink power control information receivinginformation component 152 to receive uplink power control information154 via a transceiver (e.g., transceiver 502 and/or receiver 506, FIG.5) from base station 105, as described herein. As described above inreference to FIG. 1, uplink power control information 154 may includeseparate sets of power control parameters for long and short uplinkbursts for efficiently controlling/managing uplink power control at UE110. In an alternative or additional aspect, the first set of powercontrol parameters may be different from the second set of power controlparameters.

Additionally, at 320, method 300 includes configuring, by the UE, uplinkpower control for the long uplink burst based at least on the first setof power control parameters and the short uplink burst based at least onthe second set of power control parameters. For instance, in an aspect,UE 110 may execute uplink power control component 150 and/or uplinkpower control information configuring component 156 to configure or setthe value of separate power control set points for long and short uplinkbursts, as described herein.

Additionally, at 330, method 300 includes sending, by the UE, at leastone of a long uplink burst and a short uplink burst based on thecorresponding uplink power control. For instance, in an aspect, UE 110may execute uplink power control component 150 and/or uplink powercontrol information configuring component 156 to send at least one of along uplink burst and a short uplink burst via a transceiver (e.g.,transceiver 502 and/or transmitter 508, FIG. 4) to base station 105, asdescribed herein.

Additionally, at 340, method 300 includes sending, by the UE, at leastone uplink power headroom report for the long uplink burst and the shortuplink burst to the base station. For instance, in an aspect, UE 110 mayoptionally execute uplink power control component 150 and/or uplinkpower headroom component 158 to transmit at least one uplink powerheadroom report via a transceiver (e.g., transceiver 402 or transmitter508, FIG. 5) to base station 105, as described herein.

Optionally, at 350, method 300 includes receiving, at the UE, one ormore power commands for the long uplink burst, short uplink burst orboth in response to base station 105 receiving the at least one uplinkpower headroom report. For instance, in an aspect, UE 110 may executeuplink power control component 150 and/or uplink power controlinformation receiving information component 152 to receive one or morepower commands via a transceiver (e.g., transceiver 502 and/or receiver506, FIG. 5) from base station 105, as described herein. As describedabove in reference to FIG. 1, UE 110 may execute uplink power controlcomponent 150 and/or uplink power control information configuringcomponent 156 to adjust the value of one or both of the power controlset points for the respective long and short uplink bursts in responseto receiving the one or more power commands, as described herein. Method300 may continue at 330.

Referring to FIG. 4, for example, a method 400 of wireless communicationin operating UE 110 according to the above-described aspects toseparately configure uplink power control for long uplink bursts andshort uplink bursts at base station 105 is disclosed.

For example, at 410, method 400 includes determining for a UE, by a basestation, uplink control information including a first set of powercontrol parameters for a long uplink burst and a second set of powercontrol parameters for a short uplink burst, where the first set ofcontrol parameters are different from the second set of controlparameters. For instance, in an aspect, base station 105 may executeuplink power control component 150 to determine for UE 110, a first setof power control parameters for a long uplink burst and a second set ofpower control parameters for a short uplink burst. Base station 105 maydetermine the sets of power control parameters for UE 110 based oninformation obtained from establishing a connection with UE 110 or fromone or more headroom reports received from UE 110.

Additionally, at 420, method 400 includes sending, by the base stationto the UE, the uplink power control information including the first setof power control parameters for the long uplink burst and the second setof power control parameters for the short uplink burst. For instance, inan aspect, base station 105 may execute uplink power control component170 to send uplink power control information 154 via a transceiver(e.g., transceiver 602 and/or transmitter 608, FIG. 6) to UE 110, asdescribed herein. As described above in reference to FIG. 1, uplinkpower control information 154 may include separate sets of power controlparameters for the long and short uplink bursts for efficientlycontrolling/managing uplink power control at UE 110. In an additionalaspect, the first set of power control parameters may be different fromthe second set of power control parameters.

Additionally, at 430, method 400 includes receiving, by the base stationfrom the UE, at least one of a long uplink burst and a short uplinkburst based on the uplink power control information. For instance, in anaspect, base station 105 may execute uplink power control component 170to receive at least one of a long uplink burst and a short uplink burstbased on the uplink power control information 154 via a transceiver(e.g., transceiver 602 and/or receiver 606, FIG. 6) from UE 110, asdescribed herein.

Additionally, at 440, method 400 includes receiving, by the basestation, at least one uplink power headroom report for the long uplinkburst and short uplink burst from the UE. For instance, in an aspect,base station 105 may execute uplink power control component 170 toreceive at least one uplink power headroom report via a transceiver(e.g., transceiver 602 or receiver 606, FIG. 6) from UE 110, asdescribed herein.

Additionally, at 450, method 400 includes determining, by the basestation, one or more power commands for the long uplink burst, shortuplink burst or both in response to receiving the at least one powerheadroom report. For instance, in an aspect, base station 105 mayexecute uplink power control component 170 to determine one or morepower commands for the long uplink burst, short uplink burst or both inresponse to receiving the at least one power headroom report, asdescribed herein.

Additionally, at 460, method 400 includes sending, by the base stationto the UE, the one or more power commands for the long uplink burst,short uplink burst or both. For instance, in an aspect, base station 105may execute uplink power control component 170 to send the one or morepower commands for the long uplink burst, short uplink burst or both tothe UE 110, as described herein.

Referring to FIG. 5, one example of an implementation of UE 110 mayinclude a variety of components, some of which have already beendescribed above, but including components such as one or more processors512 and memory 516 and transceiver 502 in communication via one or morebuses 544, which may operate in conjunction with modem 140 and uplinkpower control component 150 to configure uplink power control at UE 110.Further, the one or more processors 512, modem 514, memory 516,transceiver 502, RF front end 588 and one or more antennas 465, may beconfigured to support voice and/or data calls (simultaneously ornon-simultaneously) in one or more radio access technologies.

In an aspect, the one or more processors 512 can include a modem 514that uses one or more modem processors. The various functions related touplink power control component 150 may be included in modem 140 and/orprocessors 512 and, in an aspect, can be executed by a single processor,while in other aspects, different ones of the functions may be executedby a combination of two or more different processors. For example, in anaspect, the one or more processors 512 may include any one or anycombination of a modem processor, or a baseband processor, or a digitalsignal processor, or a transmit processor, or a receiver processor, or atransceiver processor associated with transceiver 502. In other aspects,some of the features of the one or more processors 512 and/or modem 140associated with uplink power control component 150 may be performed bytransceiver 502.

Also, memory 516 may be configured to store data used herein and/orlocal versions of applications 575 or uplink power control component 150and/or one or more of its subcomponents being executed by at least oneprocessor 512. Memory 516 can include any type of computer-readablemedium usable by a computer or at least one processor 412, such asrandom access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM), tapes, magneticdiscs, optical discs, volatile memory, non-volatile memory, and anycombination thereof. In an aspect, for example, memory 516 may be anon-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores one or morecomputer-executable codes defining uplink power control component 150and/or one or more of its subcomponents, and/or data associatedtherewith, when UE 110 is operating at least one processor 512 toexecute uplink power control component 150 and/or one or more of itssubcomponents.

Transceiver 502 may include at least one receiver 506 and at least onetransmitter 408. Receiver 506 may include hardware, firmware, and/orsoftware code executable by a processor for receiving data, the codecomprising instructions and being stored in a memory (e.g.,computer-readable medium). Receiver 506 may be, for example, a radiofrequency (RF) receiver. In an aspect, receiver 506 may receive signalstransmitted by at least one base station 105. Additionally, receiver 506may process such received signals, and also may obtain measurements ofthe signals, such as, but not limited to, Ec/Io, SNR, RSRP, RSSI, etc.Transmitter 408 may include hardware, firmware, and/or software codeexecutable by a processor for transmitting data, the code comprisinginstructions and being stored in a memory (e.g., computer-readablemedium). A suitable example of transmitter 408 may including, but is notlimited to, an RF transmitter.

Moreover, in an aspect, UE 110 may include RF front end 588, which mayoperate in communication with one or more antennas 565 and transceiver502 for receiving and transmitting radio transmissions, for example,wireless communications transmitted by at least one base station 105 orwireless transmissions transmitted by UE 110. RF front end 588 may beconnected to one or more antennas 565 and can include one or morelow-noise amplifiers (LNAs) 590, one or more switches 592, one or morepower amplifiers (PAs) 598, and one or more filters 596 for transmittingand receiving RF signals.

In an aspect, LNA 590 can amplify a received signal at a desired outputlevel. In an aspect, each LNA 590 may have a specified minimum andmaximum gain values. In an aspect, RF front end 588 may use one or moreswitches 592 to select a particular LNA 590 and its specified gain valuebased on a desired gain value for a particular application.

Further, for example, one or more PA(s) 598 may be used by RF front end588 to amplify a signal for an RF output at a desired output powerlevel. In an aspect, each PA 598 may have specified minimum and maximumgain values. In an aspect, RF front end 588 may use one or more switches592 to select a particular PA 598 and its specified gain value based ona desired gain value for a particular application.

Also, for example, one or more filters 596 can be used by RF front end588 to filter a received signal to obtain an input RF signal. Similarly,in an aspect, for example, a respective filter 596 can be used to filteran output from a respective PA 598 to produce an output signal fortransmission. In an aspect, each filter 596 can be connected to aspecific LNA 590 and/or PA 598. In an aspect, RF front end 588 can useone or more switches 592 to select a transmit or receive path using aspecified filter 596, LNA 590, and/or PA 598, based on a configurationas specified by transceiver 502 and/or processor 512.

As such, transceiver 502 may be configured to transmit and receivewireless signals through one or more antennas 565 via RF front end 588.In an aspect, transceiver may be tuned to operate at specifiedfrequencies such that UE 110 can communicate with, for example, one ormore base stations 105 or one or more cells associated with one or morebase stations 105. In an aspect, for example, modem 140 can configuretransceiver 502 to operate at a specified frequency and power levelbased on the UE configuration of the UE 110 and the communicationprotocol used by modem 140.

In an aspect, modem 140 can be a multiband-multimode modem, which canprocess digital data and communicate with transceiver 502 such that thedigital data is sent and received using transceiver 502. In an aspect,modem 140 can be multiband and be configured to support multiplefrequency bands for a specific communications protocol. In an aspect,modem 140 can be multimode and be configured to support multipleoperating networks and communications protocols. In an aspect, modem 140can control one or more components of UE 110 (e.g., RF front end 588,transceiver 502) to enable transmission and/or reception of signals fromthe network based on a specified modem configuration. In an aspect, themodem configuration can be based on the mode of the modem and thefrequency band in use. In another aspect, the modem configuration can bebased on UE configuration information associated with UE 110 as providedby the network during cell selection and/or cell reselection.

Referring to FIG. 6, one example of an implementation of base station105 may include a variety of components, some of which have already beendescribed above, but including components such as one or more processors612, a memory 616, and a transceiver 602 in communication via one ormore buses 644, which may operate in conjunction with modem 160 and theuplink power control component 170.

The transceiver 602, receiver 606, transmitter 608, one or moreprocessors 612, memory 616, applications 675, buses 644, RF front end688, LNAs 690, switches 692, filters 696, PAs 698, and one or moreantennas 666 may be the same as or similar to the correspondingcomponents of UE 110, as described above, but configured or otherwiseprogrammed for base station operations as opposed to UE operations.

The above detailed description set forth above in connection with theappended drawings describes examples and does not represent the onlyexamples that may be implemented or that are within the scope of theclaims. The term “example,” when used in this description, means“serving as an example, instance, or illustration,” and not “preferred”or “advantageous over other examples.” The detailed description includesspecific details for the purpose of providing an understanding of thedescribed techniques. These techniques, however, may be practicedwithout these specific details. In some instances, well-known structuresand apparatuses are shown in block diagram form in order to avoidobscuring the concepts of the described examples.

Information and signals may be represented using any of a variety ofdifferent technologies and techniques. For example, data, instructions,commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, and chips that may bereferenced throughout the above description may be represented byvoltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or particles,optical fields or particles, computer-executable code or instructionsstored on a computer-readable medium, or any combination thereof.

The various illustrative blocks and components described in connectionwith the disclosure herein may be implemented or performed with aspecially-programmed device, such as but not limited to a processor, adigital signal processor (DSP), an ASIC, a FPGA or other programmablelogic device, a discrete gate or transistor logic, a discrete hardwarecomponent, or any combination thereof designed to perform the functionsdescribed herein. A specially-programmed processor may be amicroprocessor, but in the alternative, the processor may be anyconventional processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine. Aspecially-programmed processor may also be implemented as a combinationof computing devices, e.g., a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor,multiple microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunctionwith a DSP core, or any other such configuration.

The functions described herein may be implemented in hardware, softwareexecuted by a processor, firmware, or any combination thereof. Ifimplemented in software executed by a processor, the functions may bestored on or transmitted over as one or more instructions or code on anon-transitory computer-readable medium. Other examples andimplementations are within the scope and spirit of the disclosure andappended claims. For example, due to the nature of software, functionsdescribed above can be implemented using software executed by aspecially programmed processor, hardware, firmware, hardwiring, orcombinations of any of these. Features implementing functions may alsobe physically located at various positions, including being distributedsuch that portions of functions are implemented at different physicallocations. Also, as used herein, including in the claims, “or” as usedin a list of items prefaced by “at least one of” indicates a disjunctivelist such that, for example, a list of “at least one of A, B, or C”means A or B or C or AB or AC or BC or ABC (i.e., A and B and C).

Computer-readable media includes both computer storage media andcommunication media including any medium that facilitates transfer of acomputer program from one place to another. A storage medium may be anyavailable medium that can be accessed by a general purpose or specialpurpose computer. By way of example, and not limitation,computer-readable media can comprise RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD-ROM or otheroptical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storagedevices, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store desiredprogram code means in the form of instructions or data structures andthat can be accessed by a general-purpose or special-purpose computer,or a general-purpose or special-purpose processor. Also, any connectionis properly termed a computer-readable medium. For example, if thesoftware is transmitted from a website, server, or other remote sourceusing a coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, digitalsubscriber line (DSL), or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio,and microwave, then the coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair,DSL, or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave areincluded in the definition of medium. Disk and disc, as used herein,include compact disc (CD), laser disc, optical disc, digital versatiledisc (DVD), floppy disk and Blu-ray disc where disks usually reproducedata magnetically, while discs reproduce data optically with lasers.Combinations of the above are also included within the scope ofcomputer-readable media.

The previous description of the disclosure is provided to enable aperson skilled in the art to make or use the disclosure. Variousmodifications to the disclosure will be readily apparent to thoseskilled in the art, and the common principles defined herein may beapplied to other variations without departing from the spirit or scopeof the disclosure. Furthermore, although elements of the describedaspects and/or embodiments may be described or claimed in the singular,the plural is contemplated unless limitation to the singular isexplicitly stated. Additionally, all or a portion of any aspect and/orembodiment may be utilized with all or a portion of any other aspectand/or embodiment, unless stated otherwise. Thus, the disclosure is notto be limited to the examples and designs described herein but is to beaccorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novelfeatures disclosed herein.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method for sending uplink power controlinformation from a base station (BS) to a user equipment (UE), themethod comprising: sending, by the BS to the UE, uplink power controlinformation including a first set of one or more power controlparameters for a long uplink burst and a second set of one or more powercontrol parameters for a short uplink burst, the first set of one ormore power control parameters being different from the second set of oneor more power control parameters, the long uplink burst having a longerduration than the short uplink burst; and receiving, by the BS from theUE, at least one of a long uplink burst or a short uplink burst based onthe uplink power control information.
 2. The method of claim 1, furthercomprising: determining, by the BS for the UE, the uplink power controlinformation including the first set of one or more power controlparameters for the long uplink burst and the second set of one or morepower control parameters for the short uplink burst.
 3. The method ofclaim 1, further comprising: determining, by the BS for the UE, thefirst set of one or more power control parameters for the long uplinkburst and the second set of one or more power control parameters for theshort uplink burst based on information obtained from establishing aconnection with the UE.
 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the one ormore first power control parameters comprises a first value or offsetand the one or more second power control parameters comprises a secondvalue or offset.
 5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:determining, by the BS for the UE, one or more power commands for atleast one of the long uplink burst, the short uplink burst, or both; andsending, by the BS to the UE, the one or more power commands for atleast one of the long uplink burst, the short uplink burst, or both. 6.The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the at least one of the longuplink burst or the short uplink burst further comprises receiving thelong uplink burst based on a regular service and the short uplink burstbased on a low latency service.
 7. A base station (BS) for wirelesscommunications, comprising: a memory; a processor coupled with thememory, the memory and the processor configured to: send, by the BS tothe UE, uplink power control information including a first set of one ormore power control parameters for a long uplink burst and a second setof one or more power control parameters for a short uplink burst, thefirst set of one or more power control parameters being different fromthe second set of one or more power control parameters, the long uplinkburst having a longer duration than the short uplink burst; and receive,by the BS from the UE, at least one of a long uplink burst or a shortuplink burst based on the uplink power control information.
 8. The BS ofclaim 7, wherein the memory and the processor are further configured to:determine, by the BS for the UE, the uplink power control informationincluding the first set of one or more power control parameters for thelong uplink burst and the second set of one or more power controlparameters for the short uplink burst.
 9. The base station of claim 7,wherein the memory and the processor are further configured to:Determine, by the BS for the UE, the first set of one or more powercontrol parameters for the long uplink burst and the second set of oneor more power control parameters for the short uplink burst based oninformation obtained from establishing a connection with the UE.
 10. TheBS of claim 7, wherein the one or more first power control parameterscomprises a first value or offset and the one or more second powercontrol parameters comprises a second value or offset.
 11. The BS ofclaim 7, wherein the memory and the processor are further configured to:determine, by the BS for the UE, one or more power commands for at leastone of the long uplink burst, the short uplink burst, or both; and send,by the BS to the UE, the one or more power commands for at least one ofthe long uplink burst, the short uplink burst, or both.
 12. The BS ofclaim 1, wherein in configuring to receive the at least one of the longuplink burst or the short uplink burst, the memory and the processor arefurther configured to receive the long uplink burst based on a regularservice and the short uplink burst based on a low latency service.
 13. Abase station (BS) for wireless communications, comprising: means forsending, by the BS to a UE, uplink power control information including afirst set of one or more power control parameters for a long uplinkburst and a second set of one or more power control parameters for ashort uplink burst, the first set of one or more power controlparameters being different from the second set of one or more powercontrol parameters, the long uplink burst having a longer duration thanthe short uplink burst; and means for receiving, by the BS from the UE,at least one of a long uplink burst or a short uplink burst based on theuplink power control information.
 14. The BS as recited in claim 13,further comprising: means for determining, by the BS for the UE, theuplink power control information including the first set of one or morepower control parameters for the long uplink burst and the second set ofone or more power control parameters for the short uplink burst.
 15. TheBS as recited in claim 13, further comprising: means for determining, bythe BS for the UE, the first set of one or more power control parametersfor the long uplink burst and the second set of one or more powercontrol parameters for the short uplink burst based on informationobtained from establishing a connection with the UE.
 16. The BS asrecited in claim 13, wherein the one or more first power controlparameters comprises a first value or offset and the one or more secondpower control parameters comprises a second value or offset.
 17. The BSas recited in claim 13, further comprising: means for determining, bythe BS for the UE, one or more power commands for at least one of thelong uplink burst, the short uplink burst, or both; and means forsending, by the BS to the UE, the one or more power commands for atleast one of the long uplink burst, the short uplink burst, or both. 18.The BS of claim 13, wherein the means for receiving the at least one ofthe long uplink burst or the short uplink burst further comprises meansfor receiving the long uplink burst based on a regular service and theshort uplink burst based on a low latency service.
 19. A non-transitorycomputer readable medium for wireless communications implemented by abase station (BS), comprising code for: sending, by the BS to the UE,uplink power control information including a first set of one or morepower control parameters for a long uplink burst and a second set of oneor more power control parameters for a short uplink burst, the first setof one or more power control parameters being different from the secondset of one or more power control parameters, the long uplink bursthaving a longer duration than the short uplink burst; and receiving, bythe BS from the UE, at least one of a long uplink burst or a shortuplink burst based on the uplink power control information.
 20. Thenon-transitory computer readable medium of claim 19, further comprisingcode for: determining, by the BS for the UE, the uplink power controlinformation including the first set of one or more power controlparameters for the long uplink burst and the second set of one or morepower control parameters for the short uplink burst.
 21. Thenon-transitory computer readable medium of claim 19, further comprisingcode for: determining, by the BS for the UE, the first set of one ormore power control parameters for the long uplink burst and the secondset of one or more power control parameters for the short uplink burstbased on information obtained from establishing a connection with theUE.
 22. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 19, whereinthe one or more first power control parameters comprises a first valueor offset and the one or more second power control parameters comprisesa second value or offset.
 23. The non-transitory computer readablemedium of claim 19, further comprising code for: determining, by the BSfor the UE, one or more power commands for at least one of the longuplink burst, the short uplink burst, or both; and sending, by the BS tothe UE, the one or more power commands for at least one of the longuplink burst, the short uplink burst, or both.
 24. The non-transitorycomputer readable medium of claim 19, wherein the means for receivingthe at least one of the long uplink burst or the short uplink burstfurther comprises means for receiving the long uplink burst based on aregular service and the short uplink burst based on a low latencyservice.